<p>bumpppp 10char</p>
<p>bump! chance me please :)</p>
<p>28 days of hell.</p>
<p>@goingmeta - i feel you man… the suspense is killing me too!</p>
<p>I want to know if i have a shot at transferring to UCB or UCLA as a California Community College Student.
Major: Industrial Engineering/Operations Research, Civil Engineering
GPA: 3.7/3.8
EC’s: President of Engineering Students Association, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Phi Theta Kappa, work 30 hrs/week in Industrial/Manufacturing Plant: NDT and Destructive Testing, Math Tutor for Children’s Shelter, etc.
Lower Division Courses: Mechanics of Materials, Statics, Dynamics, Surveying A, Surveying B, Engineering Graphics
Prereqs: Done before transfer
Essay: ???</p>
<p>How are my chances looking? What else can I do?</p>
<p>Yeah, you’ve got a shot. Get a 4.0 for the Spring and Fall before you apply (the spring after you apply wont help you, but it can hurt you if you do poorly). UCB and UCLA love upward trends, and finishing strong will only help you.</p>
<p>You know, everyone says that upward trends are a positive, but I’m not sure it’s true. I just think they weight more recent coursework more heavily than older coursework. I don’t think they’d take a 3.9 with an upward trend over a perfect 4.0. However, if you do have less than a 4.0, it’s better to have your B’s or C’s in the past, and a 4.0 in the most recent semesters.</p>
<p>I agree with that above post.</p>
<p>Plus both Berkeley and UCLA look at your personal statement and your EC’s because their review process is holistic.</p>
<p>^Agreed, but I think many (maybe even most) students squander it. Don’t talk about how happy you were to have an internship at JPL, or about the nifty robot you built in a competition. That’s covered elsewhere. Talk about what about JPL or that robot taught you about yourself, and about the world at large. Demonstrate growth. Give a lot of details on a particular topic, rather than a broad overview. You want to use those details to relate universal principles. Above all, you want to make it interesting and compelling. </p>
<p>Your personal statement is the only opportunity to show personality, to show them what separates you from the thousands of other applicants with impressive academics, extracurriculars, and work experience. You want the readers to remember you before they fall asleep, to discuss you at the water cooler, and ideally to learn something about themselves through reading your statement.</p>
<p>It is very important that you dedicate lots of time on the personal statement. I had my counselor read my drafts over and over for more than a month and had my english 1A teacher look at it as well. Treat the personal statement VERY seriously. </p>
<p>Do not write your statement a few days before the application is due!</p>
<p>Major: Poli Sci
GPA: 3.8
Pre-reqs: Completed this semester
IGETC: Completed this semester
EC’s: NONE
Essay: 6/10
Other: one W</p>
<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 4.0
Pre-reqs: Completed
IGETC: Done
EC’s: Average
Essay: Reused old freshman essay, most likely didnt answer the prompt but didnt care(quality of the essay is GOOD–not just my opinion), does this matter? Did i rely too heavily on my GPA?</p>
<p>good luck to you all! you guys have such high GPA’s!!! WOW!
btw any HAAS transfers out there, please post your stats and any helpful tips/advice to get in!! thanks!</p>
<p>@xcaliberse i’ve seen you comment on so many other threads and i can just tell how much you want this! i think you’re a shoe in cause you have great stats! also i was wondering if you can give me some more info about CAL TAP, because i can’t find anything on it and i want to know if i qualify. Also is can TAP be used for every major and is it really good to have?</p>
<p>@comp100 - Thanks! Berkeley TAP is invite only. There are many factors to determine eligibility. I highly recommend speaking with a Berkeley representative because they are the ones who do the invites I believe.</p>
<p>@ christian612 and ccjuniortransfer: I think you have a chance higher than that of the average applicant. Keep your fingers crossed!
I’m in the same boat as you guys are.
I have mediocre EC, but I believe my personal statement was good.
I have a 4.0 with many A+s and I applied under Linguistics.
I am a 1 year and 2 quarters transfer. I started in winter 2010 because I was to sick to attend classes in the fall.
I don’t know if this makes much of a difference, but I also have zero Ws, took major related classes (no prereqs for Linguistics) and completed the math and English requirement by the end of fall 2010 (I’m taking my last IGETC course now).
I’m worried about my lack of ECs pulling me down. I have being on the Dean’s list, some tutoring here and there, child care work experience and an extracurricular I was heavily involved in in high school.
What are my chances? Do I have just as low of a chance as Psychology, Sociology, Economics or Political Science major just because Linguistics is in the Social Science division (I wish Cal put it in the Humanities like other schools do…)?</p>
<p>*too sick, not “to sick”</p>
<p>I wish decisions were here so we wouldn’t have to resort to silly chance threads anymore…</p>
<p>23 more days! lol…</p>
<p>xcaliberse please chance me!</p>
<p>major: biology
gpa: 3.93
major gpa: 4.0
IGETC: yes
pre-reqs: missing 2nd semester ochem and 1 year calc based physics
EC: interned at a hospital (CCE), received international student scholarship award
PS: I think i have a pretty solid PS, its about overcoming personal hardship. </p>
<p>please tell me what my chances are! so anxious :(</p>